Deity V-Mic D4 Mini Video Microphone 20mph Wind Rating,Runs of 1-5V from Cameras,Phones,and Audio Recorders

Love this, inexpensive and decent sounding. It feels durable but the holder is a bit limiting and flexible. I love the aux in port to add another mic channel, and it adds a lot to its function. It's very capable and compatible with most cameras. It's also RF shielded I think.

Awesome sound for a mic at this price point.

This is the first DSLR mic that I own for my camera, and I can tell the difference right away. Well, it's not only for DSLR cameras, but you can use it with your smartphone as well, by using the TRRS cable that comes in the box(which is around $14.00 if you buy separately.) That's a saving from the start. Basically, you can do your Instagram/Facebook live sessions or Zoom sessions or just record videos with your family with this mic for better audio results. The mic is a super-cardioid pattern that captures mainly what is in front of it rather than the ambience around so the closer you get the better it sounds. It's very light that it can be attached to the matte box of my camera if needed. Another feature that I like is that you can use it as a shotgun mic with a boom pole. The only thing is you have to make sure there is not too much headroom when filming so you can get as closer as you can to the subject and capture the best sound possible and the last feature that it sold me was the fact that you can connect another microphone to it, so basically you can have two sources of sound and separate them in post. Overall the sound of this microphone is great for such a low price. It's very warm and just crispy enough to where it doesn't accentuate the sh or sss. It's definitely a good choice to have it handy not just for bloggers, YouTubers or filmmakers but regular people that would like to have a good sound out their phones or camera.

After some research, there are 2 mics in this price range: Deity D4 & Rode Videomicro. Both have similar performance, but Deity is $10 cheaper and has an additional 3.5mm input, so I went with D4. The 3.5mm was an important function for me, I wanted to capture what's in front of the camera with D4 and also has a lav on the camera person. And the biggest mistake is that I only tested the mic itself at home without trying the 3.5mm option before the actual recording. When I was reviewing the footage, I was surprised that lav captured volume isn't consistent at all. Most of the time, the lav sound was horrible. Because D4 records on a single track for both D4 and 3.5mm input, there's not much I can fix with software. Then I did another test with the same setup and covered up the D4: lav audio was hollow and very poor. I'm not sure if my unit was defective or not, but the D4 itself records great audio. If you are buying a D4 and not intending to use the extra input option, do it! If you want to use the extra input, look away.

I've been using Deity for a while now with my Blackmagic Pocket Cinema so when I started using the Sony A7iv, I wanted something similar. I don't have a full rig, though, so I didn't want to use a huge mic. This fits perfectly and works great. No complaints.

The sound quality is superb.

I really like this mic. On one hand, it doesn't have as much low end as the similar Rode in the same class, but this has a much hotter output so you don't have to crank your crappy on-camera preamp and introduce more noise. Sounds great, just as if you have a slight low cut/ roll off or high pass- which is great for minimizing wind and rumble noise. Includes wind muff/ dead cat and good shock mount. Impressive performance for this price range. Recommended!

I do like the sound of this mic. I bought it because it does not reject well at back. This sounds wrong i know. But if I am shooting and talking it sounds pretty good. Actually it sounds better overall than the 2 mic version. Plus it cost less. So there's that. Now. The dead cat. It should reject wind noise way better than it does, given its size and furriness. I can't help thinking the foam is just too stiff right against capsule. Still I'd buy it again and pleased with the variety of cords it comes with.